The young Panthers have started off the new season a solid 2-0 and seem to be set for a fun season. There is so much to like about this team from the young, athletic WRs and DBs, the big pass rushers up front and of course Christian McCaffrey. Everything seems to be clicking for this team but, there is one thing that could derail this train: their quarterback.
PJ Walker played admirably in week one, if your idea of admirably is floating duck after duck into the air and praying your 5'10 WR can come down with it in triple coverage. Walker threw 3 INTs and threw himself straight onto the practice squad. He needs to thank the commisioners of this league for limiting the number of transactions the Panthers could make in a week or else he would have been cut on the way back to the locker room.
After PJ was relegated, the Panthers brought in new QBs Marcus Mariota and Chris Streveler, or the Hawaiin and White Lamar Jacksons as their families call them, to hopefully lead them to glory this season. Mariota was given the first crack and he was as average as average gets. He only had one turnover but he struggled to 26 yards on 9 carries. Normally, this would be fine for a QB but not when you were brought in to be the Honolulu Michael Vick. Mariota better start being special next week or else Chris Streveler will have his chance to take this league by storm. Streveler comes from north of the Wall by way of the Canadian Football League and let's just say the league isn't ready to see a wildling play QB.
QB issues aside, the Panthers have to be excited about the outlook of their season and with the early returns on new head coach Borat Sagdiyev. Coach Sagdiyev could not be reached for comment but sent the above picture instead with the caption "Very niiice!"
After starting out the season 3-4, the Bengals looked lost with Andy Dalton at the helm. But a mid season trade for Patrick Mahomes jumpstarted a 7-2 run to make the playoffs. The run was highlighted by young up and comers Jordan Evans and Juan Thornhill leading the way on defense. Jordan Evans had the best season a player could possibly have without winning an award with 103 tackles and 17 INTs.
Once in the playoffs, the Bengals went on a short run behind 7 total TDs from Joe Mixon in 2 games but ultimately fell short of a comeback in the divisional round. Now with Mahomes and a young, athletic team surrounding him, will the Bengals build on this year’s success? It’ll all depend on whether or not they find someone to protect Mahomes on the offensive line.
After starting out the season 3-4, the Bengals looked lost with Andy Dalton at the helm. But a mid season trade for Patrick Mahomes jumpstarted a 7-2 run to make the playoffs. The run was highlighted by young up and comers Jordan Evans and Juan Thornhill leading the way on defense. Jordan Evans had the best season a player could possibly have without winning an award with 103 tackles and 17 INTs.
Once in the playoffs, the Bengals went on a short run behind 7 total TDs from Joe Mixon in 2 games but ultimately fell short of a comeback in the divisional round. Now with Mahomes and a young, athletic team surrounding him, will the Bengals build on this year’s success? It’ll all depend on whether or not they find someone to protect Mahomes on the offensive line.
The Packers have fallen to the Falcons in a thrilling 34-22 game. The Packers started off the game extremely hot as they jumped out to a 10-0 lead but everything changed when Kyler Murray threw a bullet instead of a lob pass for a sure TD and was picked off in Falcons territory. The game went back and forth from there until another backbreaking interception by Deion Jones sealed the game for the Falcons in the 4th. The Falcons now advance to the conference championship in pursuit of another championship. The Packers meanwhile? Well let's just say things are not great...
"Y'all saw Kyler's wonderlic score today right? Well there it was, on full display", said one anonymous source.
"Yup, just like LaVar. Starts something loud and hot and isn't heard from by the end of it", said an exec of a rival shoe company.
Regular season standout Brandon “who the fuck” King was a rare bright spot for the Packers with his 2 user lurks of Tyree Jackson “Got his ass”, said King “I ain’t lose. What the fuck Kyler?”
But perhaps more the biggest story to come out of Green Bay is that of Davante Adams. Adams tore his shoulder with a few weeks remaining in the regular season. Doctors said Adams would be 100% healthy 1 week after the divisional round, leading to most within the Packers organization believing Adams would be able to tough it out and give it a go in the divisional round after the first round bye. This was far from the case...
Not only did Adams not play in the game and leave starting WR duties up to 68 overall Dillon "shit his pants" Mitchell, Adams was spotted hanging out with former Packers player/drug kingpin Letroy Guion. For those unfamiliar with Guion, if ya don't know, now ya know: https://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2015/2/4/7978141/letroy-guion-green-bay-packers-drug-arrest
Adams is now on the trade block and being shopped furiously. Some may think he's unmovable but LaVar is confident he can speak it into existence.
As for next year, LaVar plans to come back better than ever.
"There's only two people in the world better than me, and I'm both of them"
- LaVar Ball
- BBB
Playoffs? In his first season, coach LaVar Ball led the Green Bay Packers to a 13-3 record and clinched home field advantage throughout the playoffs. It was an eventful season as Packers GM SwollenYeast was busy building the roster he wanted but it all came together as the Packers went on a 7 game win streak to close out the year.
Amid all of the trades and player movement, there may have been no bigger move for the Packers than signing 65 overall outside linebacker Brandon King. King was an 89 speed LB just sitting on his couch until the Packers came calling in week 6. King immediately made a difference and picked up a +1 speed upgrade 2 weeks into his Packers tenure. He finished the season as the 3rd leading tackler on the Packers and added 3 sacks and 6 interceptions, despite not playing his first game until week 6. Put simply by one anonymous GM in the league: "How the **** did we miss this guy?"
The Packers could potentially have a tough draw in the playoffs as the Falcons, widely talked about as super bowl favorites, loom if they win in the wild card round. Will the Falcons steamroll the upstart Packers? Or are the newcomers for real?
-BBB